An exterior view of the Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest.

Vermont’s first LEED Platinum-certified building, the Janet Halstead Franklin ’72 and Churchill G. Franklin ’71 Environmental Center at Hillcrest, serves as a hub of environmental and sustainable action and ideas.

Sustainability and Environmental Affairs

Jack Byrne

he/him

Dean of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs; Director of Franklin Environmental Center

Office:
Franklin Env Ctr-Hillcrest 217

Tara Federoff

she/her

Assistant Director, Communications and Outreach

Office:
Franklin Environmental Ctr Hillcrest 111

Janet Wiseman

she/her

Assistant Director, Franklin Environmental Center

Office:
Franklin Env Ctr-Hillcrest 120

The Knoll

Megan Brakeley

she/her

Associate Director of the Knoll

The Knoll

Office:
Franklin Environmental Ctr Hillcrest 109
Office Hours:
Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours - go/knollhours

Climate Action Program

Minna Brown

she/her

Climate Action Program Director

Climate Action Program

Office:
Franklin Environmental Ctr Hillcrest 204

Shivapriya Nair

Climate Action Coordinator

Residents

Carolyn Finney

she/her

Artist-in-Residence, Environmental Affairs

www.carolynfinney.com

Office:
Franklin Env Ctr-Hillcrest 121
Office Hours:
Tuesday, 1-3pm, or by appointment (in person and virtual)

Bill McKibben

Schumann Distinguished Scholar

http://billmckibben.com/

Office:
Franklin Env Ctr-Hillcrest 205

Frank Van Gansbeke

Executive Scholar in Residence

Office:
Axinn 246

Middlebury College Lands

Marc Lapin

he/him

Associate Laboratory Professor and College Lands Conservationist

Middlebury College Lands

Office:
Franklin Env Ctr-Hillcrest 216
Office Hours:
Spring 2025: 9:30-11:00 Wednesday & by appointment

New Perennials

Bill Vitek

He/Him

Scholar-in-Residence, Environmental Affairs

www.newperennials.org

Office:
23 Adirondack 201
Office Hours:
By appointment

Lisa Winkler

NPP Specialist

www.newperennials.org

Office:
23 Adirondack 202